homescooling thread!! woooo

[Bixxy]

What's homeschool like? Do you get teached by some guy that visits and do you learn stuff whenever you want to and have breaks whenever you want to? (Sorry for sounding stupid)

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

I've been home schooled for a couple of years when I was in elementary school because I was really sick. Now that I'm older, I realized that I didn't particularly like it more than regular school. There was less pressure in public school because the teacher's eye isn't constantly on you and you just blend in with the crowd. PE and class was more fun in general with others. I mean there are only so many things you can do alone. One of the only things that I can think of that I prefer in home schooling is there are no group projects, so lazy/imbecilic people can't pull you down. Nobody really bothers/bullies me in public school even though I'm not the most confident student, so there really isn't a problem with it.

 

[Dustmop]

I dunno...I think that having unblocked internet access, games consoles, TV etc. around me is a lot more of a distraction than a few idiots that get sent out of the class.

I preferred not having classmates because of their distractions, and because their existence slows down the class, anyway. When it's just you an your books/tutor/whatever you have.. The classes are much shorter because you aren't working around everyone else, slow kids in the back corner of the room included -- it's just about how quickly you can efficiently absorb the material.

So no, when "school" only lasted 3 hours a day, give or take, my games were never a distraction for me. More like a reward, lol.


hell thread. o/
I was home-schooled from 6th grade until graduation. 22 now, well, shortly. A couple weeks.
I did go back to public school for about a month when I was in 8th grade because we had moved and my mom wanted me to meet the kids in the area quickly and get an idea of what the curriculum for my grade was like in a new state... But they were hella far behind me, and I was bored and happy to leave it.

My parents pulled me out because they didn't approve of the curriculum, and they didn't like the fact that the school district was getting to the point of routine drug dog visits and metal detectors in the entrances.

What's homeschool like? Do you get teached by some guy that visits and do you learn stuff whenever you want to and have breaks whenever you want to? (Sorry for sounding stupid)

My experience may be a bit different than most, but that's the beauty of it - there's no set rules.

Anyway, in my case, my mother bought one hell of an encyclopedia set for me to use and gave me a pretty lax "just learn how to do this over the course of the week" kind of thing. And then one of my cousins (two of them are licensed teachers) proctored my bigger exams.

It was probably more in the vain of "unschooling" -- I just learned what we felt was necessary. Never fell behind my old friends from school, though.

 

[Isabella]

Well..I was really unhealthy my junior year, close to dropping out but I got the home hospital thing if you guys know what that is.
My experience was just me seeing my teacher once or twice a week and then doing work on my own, I mostly needed help with just math and physics. Having 1 on 1 tutoring helped me a lot and I got an A in both those classes, what was holding me back was that I was always having to go to some kind of doctor and missing too much important info and a long list of other things...
I think it's a good choice if you're going through something like that. But it was really lonely too, and all my friends basically ditched, I couldn't wait for ACNL and I remember around that time I joined a bunch of new forums like this one because it just felt really lonely being home all the time. If you're going to do it and you're able to, not sick like I was, be sure you're involved in things because it's really detrimental to your emotional well-being as well. I also missed out on a lot of typical junior year things and that held me back from being able to drive too and now I'm like really delayed with that, but I won't lie for the most part when I went back to school senior year (a new school) I didn't regret it, it was fun.
I think it's kind of silly if the only reason for someone to want to be home schooled is because they don't want to wake up in the morning or deal with people, the real world isn't like that and you don't have a choice unless you want to be sheltered for the rest of your life. It's really up to you though, I mean I can see someone with behavioral issues wanting to be home-schooled to not disrupt other peoples learning. It's all situational though.

 

[Miss Vanian]

I think I'd actually kill myself if I was homeschooled. I can't stand my family, how do people cope with being at home all the time?

 

[Mango]

wow lol hold on

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I think I'd actually kill myself if I was homeschooled. I can't stand my family, how do people cope with being at home all the time?

how do you cope with going into a freezing cold building with a person you probably dont know forcing you to learn things, you cant eat when you need to, or go to the bathroom when you want to? i love my family. its much easier for me, and it might not be like that for many people. sure, they piss me off a LOT, but like id rather be stuck with them then go to a freezing/outstandingly hot room with an old ass bat screaming at me to learn.

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What's homeschool like? Do you get teached by some guy that visits and do you learn stuff whenever you want to and have breaks whenever you want to? (Sorry for sounding stupid)

well that would be more structered i think. nah, my mom gets us online curriculums, and textbooks. you do get a more flexible schedule, but you cant just break whenever u want to. whenever my mom thinks its appropriate for us to get a break, we do. she picks our spring break time/winterbreak time. its fine, you were just curious !

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I love how people are so quick to ask why people get homeschooled like they're some freak. They're not you, maybe you wouldn't like it but you aren't the same people. So, what's it to you?

I AGREE OMG.

not to oath, as he wasnt being an assbutt about it, but the ones irl who are "why are you homeschooled? ur probs so antisocial." are the ones i want to strangle.

I dunno...I think that having unblocked internet access, games consoles, TV etc. around me is a lot more of a distraction than a few idiots that get sent out of the class.

theres this thing
called

LEARNING TIME

WHERE U CANT PLAY ON UR ELECTRONICS
AND UR TEACHER HAS U PUT THEM AWAY

what, do u think i have my phone and laptop and ds and ipod next to me while im learning? all the time?

we have self control, u know

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i'm homeschooled bc i hate people my age which probably makes me sound really entitled and cocky but.
i've not always been homeschooled though. i was the second half of fifth grade and did a proper video learning homeschool, but they i did feel a bit down and antisocial and lonely, so i went back.
second half of ninth grade though, i turned to homeschooling again, and by then i'd learned of an online public school, which is what i attend. it's lead me to graduating a year early, and i like it a lot, tbh.

i feel you man

There was a homeschooled girl in my university halls last year and she quit after less than a WEEK because she couldn't cope with being away from home

ok thats nice, maybe she had social anxiety. or, SHE ACTUALLY KNOWS THAT THE HEATER AT HER HOUSE WORKS

I've heard that homeschool makes people very antisocial

you heard wrong. you know, going to jail for 7 hours isnt the only way to make friends!

People who are homeschooled ... WHY. Just.... Why?!

people who wake up earlier then they should, go to a building with **** desks, **** food, dirty kids, yelling adults, disgusting tables, a "cafeteria", then go home after 7 hours only to do 3-5 more hours of school ... WHY. Just... WHY!?

shut the hell up.

I see homeschooling has done well for you with your spelling.

Jokes aside, who teaches you?

my mom does the basics ( ( ss, history, la, etc etc)) and my dad does math and sscience experiments

Question: Why ya homeschooled?

i live in an area with schools that resemble jails. i am not lying at all most of our schools are like. old jails. its cold, dirty, and disgusting as hell.

yeuh

Favorite subject?

historyyyy!! i love learning about old people and whatnot lmao

 

[The Hidden Owl]

I just had to. Best youtube channel in the world is Blimeycow

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And please, don't h8.

 

[ilovelush]

I take K12 and I can honestly say that it's way better than public school. There's no bullying or anything, although being on the pc all day is kind of tiring. Another bad thing is if you need help with something, there aren't any teachers around to help face to face on less you do video chat. I think the curriculum is not far from public school, but at least you can move at your own pace.

 

[unravel]

*eats popcorn*
War pweaze

 

[The Hidden Owl]

Tbh its kinda annoying and sad how people are so quick to put down people that homeschool.

 

[Mango]

Tbh its kinda annoying and sad how people are so quick to put down people that homeschool.

ugh i know.


jesus, at least we dont sweat our butts off in the summer. we have air conditioning.

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*eats popcorn*
War pweaze

no. if anyone else comments anything rude i report their cmment. that siple.

 

[The Hidden Owl]

ugh i know.


jesus, at least we dont sweat our butts off in the summer. we have air conditioning.

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no. if anyone else comments anything rude i report their cmment. that siple.

Lol dat spelling tho.

 

[Mango]

I take K12 and I can honestly say that it's way better than public school. There's no bullying or anything, although being on the pc all day is kind of tiring. Another bad thing is if you need help with something, there aren't any teachers around to help face to face on less you do video chat. I think the curriculum is not far from public school, but at least you can move at your own pace.

yeah i did cyber school which is quite similar to k12

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Lol dat spelling tho.

shoooooosh im sick

 

[Greninja]

Siple lol I was homeschooled for awhile due to reasons but I like going to public school better although I did like the 1 on 1 and not having to do a group activities I did my first group activity this week and I did all the work :/

 

[abbydoll]

I hate being home schooled, honestly, but I have to be because of the way the other kids treated me.

 

[Greninja]

I take K12 and I can honestly say that it's way better than public school. There's no bullying or anything, although being on the pc all day is kind of tiring. Another bad thing is if you need help with something, there aren't any teachers around to help face to face on less you do video chat. I think the curriculum is not far from public school, but at least you can move at your own pace.

I tried k12 but I couldn't keep up with the work and since there isn't anyone to help you I was falling behind so we got a tutor and I stopped using k12 lol

 

[Cuppycakez]

Tbh its kinda annoying and sad how people are so quick to put down people that homeschool.

They're just jealous because if we all came together at one place we would totally take them down in dodge ball. Even though there's probably more of them
Haha I don't see anything wrong with it. I'm home schooled.

 

[Aryxia]

Stupid people holding up the class is why you take honours/IB/AP classes

Anyways, kudos to you guys homeschooling. I get far too restless staying in one place for too long and it does terrible things to my attention span. I wish I had more willpower.

The thing I like the most about my school (aside from awesome teachers that actually give a damn and can do their job properly) is that the vast majority of my school is fairly competitive. As a result, the learning is much more fast-paced and it keeps me at the top of my game... well it would if I could actually bring myself to study. still getting straight-As and I'm the top student in three of my courses whoop whoop


Also, I don't know where you guys live but the vast majority of my teachers let you eat and leave whenever you need to

 

[earthquake]

honestly homeschoolers have all my respect but id never be able to deal with it like. i have to be surrounded by people at all time i need my friend group and i need to be very social or i die inside... but working at my own pace does sound sort of fun?

on the other hand the difficulty level of my own courses is much higher than most public schools, considering its the 2nd best day school in america, and im already working my butt off to get through classes that put in like 3 days worth of material from the same course at another school into one day, so working at my own pace would probably annoy me since ive been conditioned to work best under pressure...

how do you guys deal with that?? like seriously id never be able to do it id probably quit online school in 5 minutes because id slack so much without like a physical incentive to do well...dang guys....

but another con i think, and this is also probs why ppl look down on homeschoolers so often, is because colleges, or at least colleges my peers and i want to apply to are like ivy league universities and they dont smile benevolently on people taught at home, because the levels are generally "easier" in their eyes, even if the courses arent.

so annoying when ppl are mean to homeschooled kids, like yall cant even talk u dont have the qualifications if u werent homeschooled... but please tell me more about life being homeschooled it sounds rly cool to me i like hearing about other ppls lives.

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omg public school is hell esp. nyc public school?? like i have so many bad memories i only left and started private school with scholarship two years ago but like?? its wild af they find used condoms in the bathrooms and people poop in the sinks/.... fcked up man, im telling u

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wait. for cyber school. are u guys allowed to like. cheat on ur tests since its the computer anyway

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I think I'd actually kill myself if I was homeschooled. I can't stand my family, how do people cope with being at home all the time?

sooo frickin relatable im out of the house from 7am to 7pm mostly to avoid my family i kill myself with extra clubs and sports and arts so i dont have to go home

 

[Ghost Soda]

i was home schooled.

all i got out of it was social awkwardness and stupidity. :U